WEBVTT
REPORTER: --
>> A LAST-MINUTE TRAINING THING
POPPED UP FOR ME IN TEXAS.
REPORTER: MATTHEW SZREJTER
IS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN THE
U.S.
AIR FORCE, WHO'S STATIONED IN
JAPAN.
>> GOT NOTIFIED ON MONDAY, GOT
MY ORDERS ON FRIDAY AND I LEFT
ON SUNDAY.
REPORTER: THE LAKE WORTH HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATE HAS BEEN IN THE
MILITARY FOR 15-YEARS.
HE HAS BEEN STATIONED IN ITALY,
KOREA, GERMANY, AFGHANISTAN AND
IRAQ AND HAS ONLY BEEN HOME A
HANDFUL OF TIMES.
>> FIGURED I'D DO ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON TV.
>> AND EDGENUITY IS AN ONLINE
BASIC LEARNING
REPORTER: HIS MOTHER PATRICIA
SZREJTER TEACHES THE 6TH GRADE
AT DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
SHE'S ABOUT TO GET A BIG
SURPRISE.
>> SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT IT'S BEEN TAUGHT AD THEY'RE
LEARNING ABOUT CAREERS AND ALL
THAT'S HAPPENIN
OH MY GOD.
THAT'S MY SON FROM JAPAN
[APPLAUSE]
REPORTER: SHE HASN'T SEEN HER
SON IN TWO YEARS.
HE WASN'T SURE IF HE WOULD HAVE
TIME TO MAKE THE TRIP.
BUT HE WILL HAVE THE WEEKEND TO
SPEND WITH FAMILY BEFORE
RETURNING OVERSEAS.
>> OVERWHELMED ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVELY OVERWHELMED.
>> THIS IS MY MOM'S LAST YEAR
TEACHING.
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT RETIREMENT.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MY LAST
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BIG
FOR HER.
REPORTER: AND THAT HE DID.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
TECHNICAL SGT. SZREJTER SAYS HE
NOT SURE WHAT HE PLANS TO DO
WITH HIS FAMILY.
HE JUST WANTS TO ENJOY THE TIME
WITH THEM.
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Updated: 11:13 AM CST Jan 4, 2017

BOCA RATON, Fla. —

A Boca Raton, Fla., airman hasn’t seen his mother for two years. That came to a end when he surprised her in her classroom.